Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 722 - 602 Time Witch_2

Chapter 722: Chapter 602 Time Witch_2

"It’s laughable, yet so simple... Now that you have touched upon your greatest treasure, you are bound to revive the Witch! Drag humans back to their rightful place!" Charli spoke with an evil tone.

Shallow Dream couldn’t help but recall Lady Farosa’s assessment of Charli, among all the Chaos Witches, she was especially vile.

As the possessor of the Supreme level Time-Stop Magic, there were no witches, no life forms in her time that could stand against her, and correspondingly, she held no life in regard.

But Shallow Dream was different, the nurturing from Nestor Corporation had made her healthy and cheerful, especially Xu Yang, who led by example and always supported those around him. Therefore, she wanted to become a witch who could bring happiness to others, offering protection rather than destruction.

"I don’t need to do that, your companion Farosa has now become the Witch Goddess," Shallow Dream quickly said.

"Who? I don’t know her," Charli was perplexed.

That’s right. Shallow Dream snapped back to reality. Farosa was the youngest; her joining the Chaos Witches happened later in the Middle Ages. It should be a few decades before the memory-scarring Charli would meet Farosa; the two have not yet crossed paths.

"Anyway..." Shallow Dream steadied herself, "...I took part in the Seven Witches Ritual and transformed her into the Witch Goddess."

"I’m not familiar with that ritual... but I vaguely know something, during the Era of the Five Queens they touched the extraordinary through such a method. To see it reemerge, I thought my knowledge was unparalleled in the world," Charli pondered.

"How can I become stronger?" Shallow Dream pressed.

She yearned to truly master time, to wield the great power of "Time Stop," manipulating such a mysterious force at will.

Shallow Dream aspired to ascend as high as she could to a High-Ranking Witch, even to Dominator. The fledgling phase lasted less than 1 second, a Lower-rank Witch for up to 2 seconds, and as long as she continued to grow, her Time Stop ability would undergo a qualitative change.

"How far is the place where you live from Seven Hills City?" Charli asked.

Seven Hills... in Italia, on the Taixi Continent, over 10,000 kilometers away.

"I have to cross half the planet to get there," Shallow Dream said with a wry smile.

"I’ve hidden many of my treasures and clues in a coastal cave at Seven Hills; they won’t be destroyed by time. The sea repeatedly polishes the salt pillars around it. According to my calculations, by your era, the entrance to the cave will have collapsed. I also left a lot of traps, and only a witch who masters Time Stop could be fortunate enough to succeed," Charli explained slowly.

Just then, the secret chamber gradually became cramped, and the flickering candlelight surrounding it started to scatter, nearly extinguishing. The memory fragments supporting the existence of this chamber had been exhausted.

"You need to collect more fragments linked to the power of memories to make contact with me," Charli seized the last bit of time, speaking to Shallow Dream in a soothing voice, "I spent 50 years planning, arranging schemes over a millennium scale, so that my reincarnation in later generations could grow quickly and inherit all my power, wisdom, and wealth from this life. I’m going to teach you a technique to extract your pale Time-Stop Magic; they are your sword, your siphon to devour time. Use this power well, enhance your foundation, and then... become the most powerful witch of your era..."

The power of the Golden Crystal was exhausted, and the fragments of power gained from reading the Peacock Enigma Paintings had been used up.

Shallow Dream closed her eyes, unwilling to open them, replaying the scene of the secret chamber in her head, but she could not return to it, no matter how hard she tried.

The Peacock Enigma Paintings were intended to guide the user into the memory of the Great River Goddess, to dig for information from the goddess’s river-like memory. These powerful fragments left behind had also activated the brand in Shallow Dream’s soul, an unexpected gain. A variety of powerful abilities could awaken the brand, with "memory" being one of the more direct kinds.

Her own past life was incredibly powerful and intelligent, Shallow Dream couldn’t help feeling a sense of awe. It must be that since Charli started using her time-stop magic to become invincible in the world, she then devoted all her energy to pave the way for her next incarnation. Therefore, after Shallow Dream becomes stronger in the future, she too must pave the way for her next life, creating a legacy chain.

Time, oh time...

In the memories left in Shallow Dream’s mind by Charli, Shallow Dream emerged from under the blanket, attempting to guide her pale magic power.

Once the power left her body, it felt like a hollow siphon tube, or like a venomous snake, quickly latching onto the blanket that Shallow Dream used to cover herself.

Immediately after, the color of the white blanket began to change, as if eons passed abruptly, it suddenly became old, dilapidated, and of exceedingly poor quality.

With a gentle tug, Shallow Dream ripped the blanket apart.

Correspondingly, Shallow Dream’s magic power was also drained.

She felt extremely exhausted, Shallow Dream stroked the Twin Star Rings forged by Lady Farosa on her finger, drawing magic power from them, her magic power then quickly recovered.

It had lost at least decades of time, Shallow Dream surmised.

On such a scale, to strip time from an object, metals, plastics, and fabrics would all age, and living beings would suffer even more, people would age instantly! How terrifying.

In time, she would go to the Taixi Continent to explore, to inherit all the wealth of Charli Valenta, and to become the Chaos Witch reborn in the present age but with a different face and a different personality, Shallow Dream thought to herself. Isn’t it the same for all witches? Continuously descending into infants, returning to the stars after death, then arriving again without any pattern.

So the blackfire produced by Black Fire Innovation... is the only power that can sever this kind of legacies. After being burned, all witches have become a part of the blackfire, bound to the ground, unable to return even in destruction.

Blackfire is the eternal arch-nemesis of the witches.

It must all be eradicated, that’s the only way. With this thought, Shallow Dream also quietly made up her mind.

As Lady Farosa gradually awakens, the thorough revival of the witches will also arrive, and hundreds of years of oppression, humiliation, and enslavement will finally meet their end.

Meanwhile, Kanako stepped out into the corridor, pondering deeply.

Was blackfire originally some kind of ancient civilized creation for killing witches? This power, now utilized by the "Black Fire Innovation" company, has instead become a means for arms dealers to create powerful witches, as well as derivatives like the Invisible Imperial Guard.

The Great River Goddess is indeed formidable, her memories carrying too many secrets, not a soul could escape the bonds of history.

If the blackfire is successfully extinguished, every Dark Flame Witch will disperse, every member of the Invisible Imperial Guard will drop dead! Then the Black Fire Renewal Association will become immensely weak! Any major company could brazenly invade and take over the Taiya Archipelago!

This thought filled Kanako with satisfaction. She entered data on her handheld terminal, responding to some messages from Xu Yang, reminding her to be careful.

Just then, Kanako suddenly received an invitation. Witch Jin Yuxiu from the Yongyi Group requested an audience.